Conor McPherson’s The Veil: The Haunting Reflection of the Past in Early Twenty-First-Century Ireland

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Conor McPherson’s The Veil: The Haunting Reflection of the Past in Early Twenty-First-Century Ireland

Yazarlar:

Tuğba Şimşek

Yayıncı:

Mugla Sitki Kocman University

Ana Başlıklar:

İngiliz ve İrlanda Dili | Edebiyatı ve Kültürü

Dergi:

Bitig Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi Vol.4 Issue 8, pp.276-292

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001334053

pISSN:

2791-7908

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Özet:

 As an early twenty-first-century Gothic play, McPhersons The Veil reflects the socio-economic problems and traumas of Ireland after the collapse of the Celtic Tiger economy. As indicated by the title and the prevalent mirror image within the play, the playwright holds up a mirror to the past and through a correlation between nineteenth-century and early twenty-first-century Ireland, he points out the everlasting impacts of postcolonial traumas in the present. In the play, the economic predicament of the landholders and the tenants functions as a microcosm of contemporary Ireland as the post-Celtic Tiger period brought back the problems of the past such as unemployment, dispossession and emigration. Moreover, during the early twenty-first century, the collapse of the Celtic Tiger economy created a haunted landscape replete with ghost estates while also producing zombie banks cannibalising the Irish society. In this regard, the impoverished and harsh conditions of nineteenth-century Ireland transforming people into zombified figures and the effects of economic decline in the early twenty-first century such as ghost estates and zombie banks are closely intertwined. The zombie figure signifies not only economic hardships but also the enduring legacy of colonialism in the present. At the intersection of the past and the present, McPherson presents an uncanny and zombified portrayal of contemporary Ireland. Accordingly, this article explores the traumatic echoes of Irelands revenant past in the aftermath of the dramatic economic crisis.

 As an early twenty-first-century Gothic play, McPhersons The Veil reflects the socio-economic problems and traumas of Ireland after the collapse of the Celtic Tiger economy. As indicated by the title and the prevalent mirror image within the play, the playwright holds up a mirror to the past and through a correlation between nineteenth-century and early twenty-first-century Ireland, he points out the everlasting impacts of postcolonial traumas in the present. In the play, the economic predicament of the landholders and the tenants functions as a microcosm of contemporary Ireland as the post-Celtic Tiger period brought back the problems of the past such as unemployment, dispossession and emigration. Moreover, during the early twenty-first century, the collapse of the Celtic Tiger economy created a haunted landscape replete with ghost estates while also producing zombie banks cannibalising the Irish society. In this regard, the impoverished and harsh conditions of nineteenth-century Ireland transforming people into zombified figures and the effects of economic decline in the early twenty-first century such as ghost estates and zombie banks are closely intertwined. The zombie figure signifies not only economic hardships but also the enduring legacy of colonialism in the present. At the intersection of the past and the present, McPherson presents an uncanny and zombified portrayal of contemporary Ireland. Accordingly, this article explores the traumatic echoes of Irelands revenant past in the aftermath of the dramatic economic crisis.

 As an early twenty-first-century Gothic play, McPhersons The Veil reflects the socio-economic problems and traumas of Ireland after the collapse of the Celtic Tiger economy. As indicated by the title and the prevalent mirror image within the play, the playwright holds up a mirror to the past and through a correlation between nineteenth-century and early twenty-first-century Ireland, he points out the everlasting impacts of postcolonial traumas in the present. In the play, the economic predicament of the landholders and the tenants functions as a microcosm of contemporary Ireland as the post-Celtic Tiger period brought back the problems of the past such as unemployment, dispossession and emigration. Moreover, during the early twenty-first century, the collapse of the Celtic Tiger economy created a haunted landscape replete with ghost estates while also producing zombie banks cannibalising the Irish society. In this regard, the impoverished and harsh conditions of nineteenth-century Ireland transforming people into zombified figures and the effects of economic decline in the early twenty-first century such as ghost estates and zombie banks are closely intertwined. The zombie figure signifies not only economic hardships but also the enduring legacy of colonialism in the present. At the intersection of the past and the present, McPherson presents an uncanny and zombified portrayal of contemporary Ireland. Accordingly, this article explores the traumatic echoes of Irelands revenant past in the aftermath of the dramatic economic crisis.

 Yirmi birinci yüzyıl başı Gotik örneği olan McPhersonın The Veil adlı oyunu, Kelt Kaplanı ekonomisinin çöküşünden sonra İrlandanın sosyo-ekonomik sorunlarını ve travmalarını yansıtır. Oyun başlığı ve oyun içinde sıkça kullanılan ayna imgesinin de gösterdiği gibi, yazar geçmişe bir ayna tutar ve on dokuzuncu yüzyıl ile yirmi birinci yüzyıl başı İrlandası arasında bir bağlantı kurarak, sömürge sonrası travmaların günümüzde halen devam etmekte olan etkilerine dikkat çeker. Kelt Kaplanı sonrası dönem, işsizlik, mülksüzleştirme ve göç gibi geçmişteki sorunları geri getirdiği için, oyunda, mülk sahibi ve kiracıların ekonomik çıkmazları, çağdaş İrlandanın bir mikrokozmosu olarak işlev görmektedir. Dahası, yirmi birinci yüzyılın başlarında, Kelt Kaplanı ekonomisinin çöküşü, hayalet mülklerle dolu ürkütücü bir manzara yaratırken, aynı zamanda İrlanda toplumunu tüketen zombi bankaları da ortaya çıkardı. Bu bağlamda, on dokuzuncu yüzyıl İrlandasının insanları zombileştiren yoksul ve zor koşulları ile hayalet mülkler ve zombi bankalar gibi yirmi birinci yüzyılın başlarındaki ekonomik düşüşün sonuçları birbiriyle yakından bağlantılıdır. Zombi figürü sadece ekonomik zorlukları değil, aynı zamanda günümüzde devam eden sömürge mirasını da ifade eder. Geçmişle günümüzün kesiştiği noktada, McPherson, çağdaş İrlandanın tekinsiz ve zombileşmiş bir tasvirini sunar. Dolayısıyla, bu makale, dramatik bir ekonomik krizin ardından çağdaş İrlandanın dirilen geçmişinin travmatik yankılarını inceler.

Makale detayları

Conor McPherson’s The Veil: The Haunting Reflection of the Past in Early Twenty-First-Century Ireland

Yazarlar:

Tuğba Şimşek

Yayıncı:

Mugla Sitki Kocman University

Ana Başlıklar:

İngiliz ve İrlanda Dili | Edebiyatı ve Kültürü

Dergi:

Bitig Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi Vol.4 Issue 8, pp.276-292

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001334053

pISSN:

2791-7908

Conor McPherson

Irish Gothic

The Veil

the Celtic Tiger

ghost estates

zombieConor McPherson

İrlanda Gotiği

The Veil

Kelt Kaplanı

hayalet mülkler

zombi

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Tuğba Şimşek

Yayıncı: Mugla Sitki Kocman University

Ana Başlıklar: İngiliz ve İrlanda Dili | Edebiyatı ve Kültürü

Dergi: Bitig Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi Vol.4 Issue 8, pp.276-292

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 12/2024

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001334053

pISSN: 2791-7908

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Tuğba Şimşek

Yayıncı:

Mugla Sitki Kocman University

Ana Başlıklar:

İngiliz ve İrlanda Dili | Edebiyatı ve Kültürü

Dergi:

Bitig Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi Vol.4 Issue 8, pp.276-292

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001334053

pISSN:

2791-7908